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Reference: D/X 1002 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Summerson family of Darlington, ironfounders (part 2)

Covering Dates: 1718-1953

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Catalogue Description

Papers of the Summerson family

deposited on long-term loan on 22 December 1992 Acc: 2104(D)
and 2 April 1993 Acc: 2128(D)

Catalogue Contents

Thomas Summerson, 1810 - 1898 (Ref: D/X 1002/245-253)

Maria Edgeworth, Popular Tales, London, 1856, with bookplate 'Darlington Classical and Commercial Academy, 1st French prize. Obtained by T. Summerson'.
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Haughton-le-Skerne Literary and Discussion Class, programme for session 1887 - 1888
(1 card)


Thomas Summerson and Sons, Tables and Diagrams of Switches and Crossings: A Handy Platelayers Guide, Darlington, 1895
(1 volume, cloth bound)


'Rough Biographical Sketch of My Life' by Thomas Summerson
(5 papers, pencil)


Photograph album, containing photographs, mostly scenic, also a few family groups and pictures of the inside of Thomas Summerson's house at Haughton-le-Skerne, 1895-1898
(1 volume, leather bound)


Photograph of Stephenson's 'Locomotion 1', n.d.
(1 photograph)


Photograph of locomotive 'Eugenie', n.d.
(1 photograph)


Working drawing of locomotive, as 'Eugenie', n.d.
(1 photograph)


Foot-rule inscribed 'T.R. Summerson' on hinge
(wooden foot-rule, with brass hinges)

Samuel James Summerson, 1851 - 1908 (Ref: D/X 1002/254-255)

Napoleon Bonaparte: Sketches from his history. Adapted for the young, London, Religious Tract Society, n.d. On fly-leaf 'Presented by Miss Lanchester to Master S. Summerson for his attention to all his school duties, 20 December 1859', and also 'Presented by Samuel James Summerson Esq. to his wife Dorothea North Summerson for her attention to all her household duties. West House, Darlington, Aug 19/98'
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Skerne Lodge Magazine. No.1, September 1861 On front 'S. Summerson, Bloomfield'
(1 pamphlet)

Box inscribed 'Cigarettes' on lid, containing miniature diaries (Ref: D/X 1002/256-288)

Miniature diaries D/X 1002/256-285 and related records


Miniature notebook, '1871' on cover, containing notes, accounts, sketches, itineraries etc.
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1879 On fly-leaf 'Sam Summerson, Haughton-le-Skerne, Darlington', records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1880 Records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1881 On fly-leaf 'Sam Summerson, Haughton', records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1882 Records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


The Purse Almanack for 1883 Records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


The Purse Almanack for 1884 (Bissextile) On fly-leaf 'Sam Summerson, Jan.y 84', records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1886 On fly-leaf 'Sam.l Summerson, Dec 10/85', records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1877 On fly leaf 'Samuel Summerson, Dec 86', records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1888 On fly-leaf 'Sam.l Summerson, Jan 1888', records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1889 Records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1890 On fly-leaf 'Samuel Summerson, Jan 2/90', records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1891 On fly-leaf 'Sam.l Summerson, Dec 22/90', records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1892 On fly-leaf 'Sam.l Summerson, Jan 1892', records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1893 Records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1894 Records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1895 Records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1896 Records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1897 Records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1898 On fly-leaf 'Sam.l Summerson, West House, Darlington', records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1899 On fly-leaf 'Sam.l Summerson, West House, Darlington', records personal and business engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1900 Records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1901 Records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1902 Records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1903 Records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1904 On fly-leaf 'Sam.l Summerson, Darlington', records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1905 On fly-leaf 'Sam Summerson, Bamstead, Darlington', records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Tilt's Miniature Almanack for 1906 On fly-leaf 'Sam.l Summerson, Bamstead, Darlington', records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Purse Almanack for 1907 On fly-leaf 'Sam. Summerson, Bamstead, Darlington', records business and personal engagements
(1 volume, leather bound)


Miniature photo-album containing unidentified photographs, n.d.
(1 volume, leather bound)


Notebook containing poetry and personal reflections, 1872 - 2 October 1881 On fly-leaf 'Samuel Summerson, July 6th 1872'
(1 volume, leather bound)


Letter from Thomas Summerson, Albert-Hill Foundry, Darlington, to 'My Dear Sam'; on reverse notes on family history Originally enclosed in D/X 1002/286 Annotated 'to be kept with the Album J.S. 1989'
(1 paper)


Album containing mechanical drawings, inscribed 'S.J. Summerson', 1872
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Letters to Samuel James Summerson (Ref: D/X 1002/289-337)

Letter from Tom Summerson, Albert-Hill Foundry, Darlington, containing business and family news, 17 August 1876
(1 paper)


Letter from Tom Summerson, Albert-Hill Foundry, Darlington, containing business, family and local political news, 13 August 1878
(2 papers)


Letter from Lizzie Summerson, Haughton, containing family news, 13 August 1878
(1 paper)


Letter from Tom Summerson, Cherry Tree Cottage, Harbottle, Northumberland, containing holiday news, 10 August 1879
(1 paper)


Letter from Thomas Summerson, Albert-Hill Foundry, Darlington, containing family news and gossip, 23 August 1879
(1 paper)


Letter from Eliza Summerson, The Marshes, containing family news, 27 August [no year, ?1879]
(1 paper)


Letter from Lizzie Summerson, Haughton, containing family news, 1 September 1879
(1 paper)


Letter from Thomas Summerson, Albert-Hill Foundry, Darlington, containing family and business news, 1 September 1879
(1 paper)


Letter from Tom Summerson, Albert-Hill Foundry, Darlington, containing family and business news, 2 August 1880
(2 papers)


Letter from Tom Summerson, Harbottle, Northumberland, containing holiday news, 29 August 1880
(1 paper)


Note from Arthur Wadham, Darlington, cancelling arrangements for Samuel James Summerson to spend the evening with him, 12 November 1880 (1 paper) /300 Note from Arthur Wadham, Darlington, inviting Samuel James Summerson to tea that evening, 15 November 1880
(1 paper)


Note from Arthur Wadham, Darlington, apparently in reply to the question 'What is the influence on trade o f the discovery of gold?', 16 February 1881
(1 paper)


Letter from Tom Summerson, Albert-Hill Foundry, Darlington, containing family and business news, 18 July 1881
(1 paper)


Letter from Lizzie Summerson, The Warren, Summerhouse, Co Durham, containing family news, 21 July 1881
(2 papers)


Letter from Tom Summerson, Albert-Hill Foundry, Darlington, containing family and business news, 23 July 1881
(1 paper)


Letter from Tom Summerson, Cherry Tree Cottage, Harbottle, Northumberland, containing family and business news, 26 August 1881
(1 paper)


Letter from Kate Mossville, Edinburgh, thanking S.J. Summerson for 'attending to our wishes so soon', 5 November 1881
(1 paper)


Letter from Alfred Axtell, Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, containing local news and politics, 13 February 1882
(1 paper)


Letter from Thomas Mossville, 29 North Bridge, Edinburgh, concerning the sale of leather in the northern counties of England, 27 June 1882
(1 paper)


Letter from Tom Summerson, Cherry Tree Cottage, Harbottle, Northumberland, concerning fishing on the Coquet, 23 August 1882
(1 paper)


Letter from Tom Summerson, Albert-Hill Foundry, Darlington, concerning Samuel's forthcoming trip to Edinburgh, 5 April 1883
(1 paper)


Letter from Stephen Wrightson, Carnforth Hematite Iron Co., Lancashire, concerning the composition of hematite pigs, 25 May 1883
(1 paper)


Letter from Stephen Wrightson, Carnforth Hematite Iron Co., Lancashire, concerning annealed hematite, 31 May 1883
(1 paper)


Letter from Edith Mossville, Edinburgh, thanking S.J. Summerson for the 'four penny', 31 May 1883
(2 papers)


Letter from Fred Matthinson, Lankland Green, Clapham, Lancaster, inviting Samuel James Summerson to visit for the benefit of his health, 1 June 1883
(1 paper)


Letter from Tom Summerson, Albert-Hill Foundry, Darlington, concerning business matters, 13 June 1883
(1 paper)


Letter from Tom Summerson, Albert-Hill Foundry, containing mainly business news, 18 June 1883
(1 paper)


Letter from Tom Summerson, Albert-Hill Foundry, Darlington, concerning business matters 21 June 1883
(1 paper)


Letter from Bob Summerson, Albert-Hill Foundry, Darlington, containing family and business news, 22 June 1883
(1 paper)


Letter from Statistical Society, Somerset House Terrace, Strand, London, concerning Mr Darwin's 'Paper on marriages between cousins', 18 December 1883
(1 paper)


Copy of letter from Samuel James Summerson, Haughton-le-Skerne, to Francis Galton, concerning marriage between first-cousins, 2 February 1884
(1 paper)


Letter from Francis Galton, 42 Rutland Gate, London, concerning marriages between cousins, 6 February 1884
(1 paper)


Letter from Kate Mossville, Edinburgh, thanking S.J. Summerson for some photos, 18 May 1884
(2 papers)


Letter from Arthur Wadham, 8 West Terrace, Saldy'er'g, concerning evolution, December 1884
(2 papers)


'An Unnoticed Factor in Evolution', in Nature, 6 November 1884 Signed 'Edmund Catchpool, The Grove, Tosley, Sheffield, 23 October' Originally enclosed in D/X 1002/323
(1 paper)


Letter from Arthur Wadham, London, saying how hard he is having to work, 12 May 1885
(1 paper)


Letter from Amy Summerson, Cockfield, containing family news, 22 December 1885
(1 paper)


Letter from Tom Summerson, High Force, concerning his holiday, [winter] 1885
(1 paper)


Letter from Fred. R. Stewart, North Eastern Railway, Passenger Superintendent's Office, Darlington, concerning a proposed excursion, 11 August 1886
(1 paper)


Letter from J. Hutchinson, Barrow Haematite Steel Company, Barrow-in-Furness, thanking Samuel James Summerson for a styginaria, 16 November 1887
(1 paper)


Letter from A.B. Dresser, 2 Lorne Terrace, Darlington, concerning a picture by Dresser, 19 February 1890
(1 paper)


Letter from Eliza Summerson, Cold Ash Home, with family news, 20 November 1890
(3 papers)


Letter from [Kate Flinn?], Cherry Tree Cottage, Harbottle, Northumberland, containing holiday news, [n.d., c.1890]
(1 paper)


Partnership circular, from Thomas Summerson and Sons, Albert-Hill Foundry, Darlington, 30 April 1891
(1 paper)


Letter from Arthur Wadham, 171 Queen Victoria Street, London, expressing sympathy on the death of Samuel James Summerson's mother, 11 January 1882
(1 paper)


Letter from Mrs. Blakiston, 3 High Terrace, Darlington, congratulating Samuel James Summerson on his impending marriage and concerning a portrait of Sir Samuel Garth, M.D., 25 November 1895
(1 paper)


Letter from Mary Summerson, 6 South Terrace, Shilton, concerning family history, 19 September 1906
(1 paper)


Letter from Rev. Thomas Murray, Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland, concerning local politics and a book sent to Samuel James Summerson, 21 September [no year]
(1 paper)

Dorothea Summerson (Ref: D/X 1002/338)

Postcard to Mrs. Summerson, showing the opening of the Darlington Tramway System on 1 June 1904, 19 August 1904
(1 postcard)

(Sir) John Newenham Summerson (Ref: D/X 1002/339-346)

S. Rosewell, The Arraignment and Tryal of the late Reverend Mr Thomas Rosewell for High Treason, London 1718 On fly-leaf 'Given to John Newenham Summerson by Kate and Edith Mossville'; overleaf 'Thomas Mossville, Edinburgh'; on title page, 'J.Girle', 'Mrs Dodd's Great Grandfather' deleted
(1 volume, leather bound)


Three memoranda on the Summerson family, May 1953 comprising (1) memoranda by John Newenham Summerson, based chiefly on notes left by his father, Samuel James Summerson, (1851-1908) (2) memoranda by Thomas Summerson (1810-1898), 'Rough biographical sketch of my life', December 1895 - transcription of D/X 1002/4
(12 papers)


The Girle/Summerson Family Bible; with an Account of the Connections between the Girle, Summerson and Mossville Families, n.d.
(6 papers, typescript)


'The Children and Grandchildren of Thomas Summerson (1810-1898) of Haughton-le-Skerne, Co. Durham', three copies with different corrections, n.d.
(10 papers)


Family trees of 'Thomas Summerson's Grandchildren and their issue', n.d.
(2 papers)


Note of the patents of Thomas Summerson, n.d.
(1 card)


'History of the firm of Thomas Summmerson and Sons', n.d. Including photocopy of original typescript
(72 papers)


Note on the letters to Samuel James Summerson, by John Newenham Summerson, n.d.
(1 paper)